Mark Takai

Mark Takai (1 July 1967-20 July 2016) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-HI 1) from 3 January 2015 to 20 July 2016, interrupting Colleen Hanabusa's two terms. He died in office from pancreatic cancer.

Biography
Mark Takai was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1967, and he served in the State House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives. From 1999 to 2016, he also served in the US Army, fighting in the Iraq War and rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died of pancreatic cancer while in office in 2016, and his predecessor Colleen Hanabusa succeeded him in the US Congress.